Colton Parayko

Colton Parayko
Date of birth	May 12, 1993
place of birth	St. Albert , Alberta , Canada
size	196 cm
Weight	98 kg
position	defense
number	# 55
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2012 , 3rd round, 86th position St. Louis Blues
Career stations
2010–2012	Fort McMurray Oil Barons
2012-2015	University of Alaska Fairbanks
since 2015	St. Louis Blues

Colton Parayko (born May 12, 1993 in St. Albert , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been with the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League since March 2015 . Before that, he took a rather unusual path for NHL professionals via the Alberta Junior Hockey League and the University of Alaska Fairbanks .

Career

Youth and University

Colton Parayko began playing ice hockey at the age of five and was active in his youth for various junior teams in his hometown of St. Albert. In 2010 he moved to the Fort McMurray Oil Barons in the second-rate Alberta Junior Hockey League ; The defender did not make the leap into one of the three highest Canadian junior leagues and thus took a rather unusual path for later NHL professionals. In his first year with the Oil Barons Parayko completed 42 games and came up with an average of 12 scorer points for a defender , so he was not considered in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft . The following year, however, the Canadian increased significantly, scored 42 points in 53 games and was subsequently selected by the St. Louis Blues in 86th position in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft .

Following a Parayko began studying Business Administration (Business Administration) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and played in parallel for their hockey team, the Alaska Nanook , in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). He spent three years at the university and was elected to the First All-Star Team and Defensive Player of the Year of the WCHA in the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons ; He also led the Nanooks as captain in the 2014/15 season .

St. Louis Blues

In March 2015, Parayko signed an entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues , who handed him over to their farm team from the American Hockey League (AHL), the Chicago Wolves , by the end of the season . There he made his professional debut and scored four goals and three assists in the 17 remaining games of the regular season. As part of the preparation for the 2015/16 season, the Canadian immediately won a regular place in the NHL squad of the Blues and thus made his debut in the National Hockey League on matchday one . In his first season Parayko completed 79 games and led all rookies in the league in the plus / minus rating (+28), so that he was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team . In the subsequent off-season he took part in the World Cup of Hockey 2016 with the North America team, a selection of U23 players from Canada and the USA . After the 2016/17 season, the defender made his international debut for the Canadian national team when he won the silver medal at the 2017 World Cup and was elected to the tournament's All-Star Team .

In July 2017, Parayko signed a new five-year contract with the Blues that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 5.5 million.

Achievements and Awards

2014 WCHA First All-Star Team 2014 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year 2015 WCHA First All-Star Team

2015 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year 2016 NHL All-Rookie Team 2019 Stanley Cup win with the St. Louis Blues

International

• 2017 silver medal at the world championship
• 2017 World Championship All-Star Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season							Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2010/11	Fort McMurray Oil Barons	AJHL			3	9	12		12		12	2	1	3		2
2011/12	Fort McMurray Oil Barons	AJHL		53	9	33	42		65		21st	3	9	12		14th
2012/13	University of Alaska Fairbanks	NCAA		33	4th	13	17th	-3	23
2013/14	University of Alaska Fairbanks	NCAA		37	7th	19th	26th	+15	16
2014/15	University of Alaska Fairbanks	NCAA		34	6th	17th	23	+4	16
2014/15	Chicago Wolves	AHL		17th	3	4th	7th	+4	6th		5	0	0	0	± 0	6th
2015/16	St. Louis Blues	NHL		79	9	24	33	+28	29		20th	2	5	7th	+1	4th
2016/17	St. Louis Blues	NHL		81	4th	31	35	+7	32		11	2	3	5	+6	2
2017/18	St. Louis Blues	NHL		82	6th	29	35	–7	13		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	St. Louis Blues	NHL		80	10	18th	28	+20	15th		26th	2	10	12	+6	10
AJHL total				95	12	42	54		77		33	5	10	15th		16
NCAA overall				104	17th	49	66	+16	55
NHL overall				322	29	102	131	+48	89		57	9	18th	24	+13	16

International

Represented Canada to: World Championship 2017 World Championship 2018

Represented team North America at: World Cup of Hockey 2016

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2016	North America team	World cup	5th place		3	0	3	3	+3	2
2017	Canada	WM			6th	3	4th	7th	+2	0
2018	Canada	WM	4th Place		10	4th	4th	8th	+8	6th
Men overall					19th	7th	11	18th	+13	8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Player biography on the St. Louis Blues website
• Colton Parayko at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jessica Herzog: Skating on new Ice, Colton Parayko's journey from Nanooks to Blues. (No longer available online.) The Sun Star, April 2, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on November 3, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Derek Van Diest: St. Louis Blues D-man Colton Parayko parlayed growth spurt into unconventional route to the pros. Edmonton Sun, October 15, 2015, accessed November 3, 2015 .